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North American publisher Fantagraphics announced on Tuesday that it will release Inio Asano's manga Nijigahara Holograph. Unlike Asano's other works such as Solanin and What a wonderful world! that Viz Media has published, this story is a horror s...

V Jump magazine brings us our first look at in-game screenshots of KAIO: King of Pirates, along with information on the game’s main characters. Take a look at the V Jump report below (click to enlarge): According to the V Jump page, it looks as ...

The airing of Nekomonogatari Black has seen Monogatari fans rejoicing at yet another exceptionally well received (to say nothing of exceptionally sexy) instalment of the franchise, and accompanying it was news that 2013 is to be a year of many fur...

For generations, people in Japan have celebrated New Year's Day by sending specially designed cards — nengajō — to each other. As part of the tradition, postal workers store all the nengajō that are mailed in the final weeks of the old year, and t...

Voice actor Mamoru Miyano revealed on his website on Tuesday that the title song for his ninth single will be used as the theme song for the Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 2000%, the second season of the Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% televi...

North American manga publisher Viz Media began streaming two videos of One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda and Bleach creator Tite Kubo sketching their manga's main leads Luffy and Ichigo (with a surprise character), on Monday: Both titles and more run...

Closing a year in which she celebrated a big fifth birthday, blue haired virtual vocalist Hatsune Miku has her New Year's kimono on and a special song to greet 2013. Happy New Year 2013! Music:hirohiro_kansai And if you're looking for more new...

Here's a bit of cognitive dissonance for you. Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli classics from the more mature Princess Mononoke to the young child oriented Ponyo have been featured on a Zippo lighter collection.

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Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy has a bonus Variable Fighter for fans that get the game at launch. First print copies of the PlayStation 3 game include a code for a YF-29 with a Marking Valkyrie design.

Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin might be Square Enix’s last PlayStation 2 game. While in the west, Seekers of Adoulin will only be released on the PC and Xbox 360, in Japan Square are publishing a PlayStation 2 version, of which retailers rev...

The last batch of pictures from Day 3 of winter Comiket 2012 (Comiket 83) which ended before 2013. It's a late post but still a good share. Let's wait again next time for the next big geek event in Japan for more cosplay galleries.

Happy 50th birthday to televised anime! Japanese anime had been made for theaters, but on January 1st, 1963 Osamu Tezuka revolutionized the medium by managing to get an adaptation of his hit manga Astro Boy on Japanese TV.

Happy new year folks! Hows your new year celebrations? But before you answer that, have you ever thought to yourself why we celebrate the new year? Is it because we want to celebrate what we have achieved in the previous year?

The AT-X television channel began running a commercial for the Cuticle Detective Inaba anime. The anime adaptation of Mochi's manga tells the story of Hiroshi Inaba, a part-man, part-wolf, former "secret doberman" who begins his own detective agency.

Golden Bomber has revealed that they will be holding a 47-Prefecture tour starting in May. The tour will kick off on May 1st at Koriyama Shimin Bunka Center and will wrap up on September 28th at Wakayama Kenmin Bunka Kaikan.

YUI Says Goodbye With Kohaku Uta Gassen Stage music posted by Aysohmay 2 hours ago · 5 comments With YUI's performance at the 63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen over with, the singer has said goodbye as she begins her hiatus.

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